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PAY

Union recommends pay offer rejection

By Dan Peters | 23 May 2024

Trade union Unison has today recommended council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland rej...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

LGA to decide on annual conference 'in coming days'

By Dan Peters | 23 May 2024

The Local Government Association (LGA) will decide whether to axe its annual conference ‘in the c...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Treasury civil servants considering how income tax devolution could work

By Dan Peters | 21 May 2024

Treasury officials are considering how the idea of devolving powers to local government to retain...

PAY

Chiefs offered 2.5% pay increase

By Dan Peters | 16 May 2024

Local government employers have proposed a 2.5% pay rise to council chief executives and senior o...

FINANCE

LGA: Care Act hope has faded

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2024

Only around two thirds of councils are confident of being able to meet all their legal duties und...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Four councils continue to dodge corporate peer challenge

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2024

Four councils could be at risk of Government intervention as they dig in over not undergoing a co...

SOLACE

Oflog league tables journalist defends article

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2024

The journalist who wrote the controversial league tables story based on data compiled by the Offi...

WHITEHALL

National Insurance devolution call

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2024

A ‘small share’ of around 5% of locally-generated National Insurance (NI) revenue should be devol...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

EXCLUSIVE: Killian lobbied to halt work with watchdog

By Dan Peters | 07 May 2024

Sector figures have been lobbied to withdraw engagement and co-operation with the local governmen...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Child sexual abuse review to inform new strategy

By Dan Peters | 03 May 2024

Findings of a ‘robust review’ of Walsall Safeguarding Partnership’s strategy after the largest ch...

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